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10/14/2004:

"Equatorial Guinea warns UK it can play tough"

London - Britain could lose contracts worth more than a billion pounds because of its failure to investigate the alleged involvement of British-based businessmen in a bungled coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, The Times newspaper said on Thursday.

A delegation from the central African country were in London this week lobbying London to prosecute eight British-based businessmen, including disgraced former Conservative politician Lord Jeffrey Archer, it said.

Full Article : iol.co.za